Hard to believe that the Berlin Wall fell twenty years ago on Nov. 9th. I was stationed there in the early 70s with the Army Security Agency and I have been back several times, post-Berlin Wall. Since I was in military intelligence, I could not go into the East Berlin. The Wall was an important landmark when traveling in the in West Berlin. I found that without the Wall for a landmark that I would get lost every time I visited the city.
Here is a USAToday article on Berlin that is worth reading. Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech gets credit, but of course not a mention of Reagan’s “Tear down this Wall” speech. The article and I both recommend the movie “The Lives of Others.”
HT Charlie Gregory
